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[–] HitlerIsBlack 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

Banning guns has little to do with mass shootings.

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[–] oaken [M] 1 point 7 points (+8|-1) ago  (edited ago)

I'm going to allow this question, but for future reference, ELI5 is for explaining well known but hard to understand concepts. Hypotheticals like this would probably fit better somewhere like /v/askvoat.

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[–] oaken ago 

Yep. I wanted to give him a heads up first but I've actually deleted his newest submissions here. He made a vague post about me being a left-wing power mod but oh well :P

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[–] captbrogers 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Guns are designed to kill, there is no other purpose for a gun. When making the assertion that guns should be banned, using that reason is rooted in logic.

For the record, I am heavily in favor of any citizen not convicted of a violent crime (debatable as to what kind of violent crime) owning any firearm or some explosives.

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[–] alexandertwentytwo 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Guns have no other use than shooting. Shooting is deadly and kills people. Most will advocate for things like, no handguns, no semi-autos, no shotguns, smaller caliber and things of the like to make them able to be used for hunting and that's about it.

Cameras are used for much more than CP. Guns are special because they're so specialized for murder. Cameras can be used to produce CP, but the real crime is the crime against a child, which the camera has little to do with.

Another thing to look at is what's to lose. If we ban cameras a majority of visual media is gone. Evidence of crime is gone, the memories you make with them are gone. It would be a different world without cameras just day to day. Banning guns wouldn't affect too many peoples lives too much. The problem is that we already are so supersaturated with firearms that getting rid of them would be too much a logistical nightmare.

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[–] Mecha_Dunsparce 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It's a lot harder to revolt against government overreach with cameras.

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[–] ScreaminMime ago 

I don't know, that last few years has shown publicizing police misconduct has done a great deal. Can you imagine what the response would had been if people just shot cops that were suspected of abusing their powers?

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[–] l23r ago 

You can use a video camera to take pictures of anything. Other than causing damage to a person, animal or thing, what can you do with a gun?